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Catalytic nanoparticles can effectively prevent tooth decay

Combine a diet high in sugar with poor oral hygiene habits and dental cavities, or caries, will likely result.

1 Aug 2018

Researchers engineer three cell lines to produce nonproprietary versions of NISTmAb

When the National Institute of Standards and Technology issued the world's first standardized monoclonal antibody in July 2016, the exhaustively analyzed protein known as NISTmAb was intended as a valuable tool for biopharmaceutical companies.

1 Aug 2018

Vaccine schedule is a must-have on child’s back-to-school checklist

With the start of the school year just around the corner, it is easy to overlook one of the most important things on any back-to-school checklist - making sure your child is vaccinated. Vaccinations protect children from serious diseases, ultimately protecting families, schools and communities by way of safe and effective immunizations.

1 Aug 2018

Women having heart attacks experience longer wait time for cardiac intervention

A recent study shows women having heart attacks experience higher than 30% longer wait time from the onset of symptoms to hospital arrival than men and a higher than 20% longer time from hospital arrival to cardiac intervention compared to men.

1 Aug 2018

Acetyl-L-carnitine chemical in blood connected to depression

A group of researchers from Stanford in collaboration with other universities have found that in humans a low level of acetyl-L-carnitine or L-acetyle carnitine in blood could be a predictor of the duration and severity of depression.

1 Aug 2018

Scientists map distribution of magnetic particles in human post mortem brains

Many living organisms, such as migratory birds, are thought to possess a magnetotactic sense, which enables them to respond to the Earth's magnetic field.

31 Jul 2018

Study: Women's brains more vulnerable than men's to injury from soccer heading

Women's brains are much more vulnerable than men's to injury from repeated soccer heading, according to a new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, part of Montefiore.

31 Jul 2018

FDA approves first ever non-surgical treatment for rare neuroendocrine cancers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first ever non-surgical treatment for the rare neuroendocrine cancers pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma.

31 Jul 2018

Chemists develop new method for observing chemical reactions of individual silver nanoparticles

Chemists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have developed a new method of observing the chemical reactions of individual silver nanoparticles, which only measure a thousandth of the thickness of a human hair, in real time.

31 Jul 2018

Health Canada announces new sodium reduction efforts despite scientific evidence

Recently, Health Canada, the Canadian government’s public health department, announced new sodium reduction efforts despite the latest scientific evidence.

31 Jul 2018

Gene linked to hair loss could be exploited to improve cancer immunotherapy

A gene that's associated with an autoimmune form of hair loss could be exploited to improve cancer immunotherapy, suggests a new mouse study by Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) researchers.

31 Jul 2018

New study explores human T cell function under inflammatory conditions

The Marshall University School of Pharmacy, in collaboration with the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of MedicineGenomics Core, recently released a new study that explores human T cell function under inflammatory conditions.

31 Jul 2018

Missed visits, uncontrolled pain and fraud: report says hospice lacks oversight

Elderly patients spent over two weeks in uncontrolled pain or respiratory distress. Acute care was rare on weekends. And recruiters went door to door pitching fraudulent schemes, luring healthy patients to sign up for hospice in exchange for free housecleaning and medicine.

31 Jul 2018

New nano-optic endoscopes offer high-resolution imaging at extended depth of focus

The diagnosis of diseases based in internal organs often relies on biopsy samples collected from affected regions.

31 Jul 2018

Researchers discover new antibodies that have capacity to treat all Ebola viruses

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and their colleagues are a step closer to developing a broadly effective antibody treatment against the three major Ebola viruses that cause lethal disease in humans.

31 Jul 2018

Leading-edge radiation therapy offered by Loyola Medicine to broad range of cancer patients

Loyola Medicine is among the select centers that offer a broad range of cancer patients a leading-edge form of radiation therapy that is delivered during surgery.

31 Jul 2018

Researchers develop new online tool to more accurately predict heart attack, stroke risk

A team of researchers led by cardiologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center has developed a new online tool to more accurately predict who among those ages 40-65 is at the highest risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years.

31 Jul 2018

Drinking or smoking while breastfeeding and affects later cognition in children

According to a new study published this week in the journal Pediatrics, quite a few breast feeding women are not abstaining from alcohol and are thus causing exposure of their babies to alcohol. They write in their study that children who are exposed to alcohol in the breast milk that they take are likely to have lower cognitive abilities.

31 Jul 2018

Ivosidenib receives FDA approval to treat acute myeloid leukemia patients with IDH1 mutation

Clinical trials at University of Colorado Cancer Center and elsewhere now result in the drug ivosidenib earning approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia with a susceptible isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 mutation.

30 Jul 2018

UCI receives $9 million grant to find long-term impact of cannabis exposure on adolescent brain

The National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, a 4-year, $9 million grant aimed at determining the long-term impact of cannabis exposure on the adolescent brain.

30 Jul 2018

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Catalytic nanoparticles can effectively prevent tooth decay

Researchers engineer three cell lines to produce nonproprietary versions of NISTmAb

Vaccine schedule is a must-have on child’s back-to-school checklist

Women having heart attacks experience longer wait time for cardiac intervention

Acetyl-L-carnitine chemical in blood connected to depression

Scientists map distribution of magnetic particles in human post mortem brains

Study: Women's brains more vulnerable than men's to injury from soccer heading

FDA approves first ever non-surgical treatment for rare neuroendocrine cancers

Chemists develop new method for observing chemical reactions of individual silver nanoparticles

Health Canada announces new sodium reduction efforts despite scientific evidence

Gene linked to hair loss could be exploited to improve cancer immunotherapy

New study explores human T cell function under inflammatory conditions

Missed visits, uncontrolled pain and fraud: report says hospice lacks oversight

New nano-optic endoscopes offer high-resolution imaging at extended depth of focus

Researchers discover new antibodies that have capacity to treat all Ebola viruses

Leading-edge radiation therapy offered by Loyola Medicine to broad range of cancer patients

Researchers develop new online tool to more accurately predict heart attack, stroke risk

Drinking or smoking while breastfeeding and affects later cognition in children

Ivosidenib receives FDA approval to treat acute myeloid leukemia patients with IDH1 mutation

UCI receives $9 million grant to find long-term impact of cannabis exposure on adolescent brain

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